The Boston Area Computer User's Calendar

Meeting Reminder List
Updated 02/05/2001 -- '01 #28
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Resources:
User group email Notices for February '01,   March '01, or for All Notices
Directory of User Groups, also at directory mirror.
Do your own search: one window or multi-window -- previous calendars -- Our Story
Bostonusergroups.com: "General User Group Calendar"
User Group events:

February 5, 2001
Windows Tech Forum, "Veritas & Compaq", 6:30, @MSFT Waltham

February 6, 2001
NE Software Quality Assurance Forum, "Testing Jeopardy", 6:00, @Lotus, Cambridge
AIP-495 Chapter, "Content Management", 6:30, @EMC, Hopkinton
Digital Comm Soc, "ICANN, Intellectual Property" $, Noon-2PM, Harvard Club of Boston
Women in Computing, "Contextual Design", 6:00, @Nokia, Burlington

February 7, 2001
MIMC Cyberbrew, 6:30, The Big Easy, One Boylston Pl, Boston
Windows 2000, "Extending Messaging", 6:30, @MSFT Waltham
MacTechGrp, "Brief History of WebObjects", 7:00, @MIT Bldg E51, Rm 395

February 8, 2001
NE SQL Server, "Optimizing Queries & Stored Procs", 5:30, @MSFT Waltham
RI Macintosh, "Tips & Tricks", 7:30, Davies School, Lincoln RI
North Shore Comp Soc, "Microsoft ME", 7:00, @Peabody Municipal Light
digitaleve {Boston}, "Nine Lives Of An Internet Company", 6:30, @Scient, Cambridge

February 10, 2001
VIBUG, "ZoomText from Ai Squared", 1-4PM, National Braille Press, Boston

February 12, 2001
COM Users Group, "App Center Server", 6:00, @MSFT Waltham

February 13, 2001
GB/SIGCHI Chapter "Vision Science, Visual Space and Visualization" 7pm, Sun, Burlington, MA

February 14, 2001
SW Quality Group, "Metrics Panel", 6:15, @Sun Campus, Burlington
Boston Mac Users Group BMAC  "TBA"
MS .Net User Group, "BizTalk Server", 6-8:30 MSFT, Waltham
Access Client/Server monthly meeting, 5:30, Danl Webster Coll Hall, Rm DW114, Nashua NH

February 15, 2001
NE Java Users, "Java vs. Microsoft .NET", 6:00, @Sun Campus, Burlington
GBC/ACM "Solving the Game of Teeko" 6:30 pm, Eighth Floor Playroom, MIT Building NE43
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG) "TBA" 7pm  Salisbury Labs 115, WPI
DataCAD Boston (DBUG), "Shu Associates at the BSA", 6:00, 52 Broad St, Boston

February 16, 2001
North Shore Comp Soc Computer Clinic, 7:00, @Peabody Municipal Light

February 17, 2001
Worcester Linux Users Group "Linux Install-fest", Stratus Computer,  Maynard

February 19, 2001
Worcester Comp Soc, "Ask the Experts", 6:45, @The Ecotarium, Worcester

February 20, 2001
PC Users of RI monthly meeting, 7:00, @NE Tech, Warwick RI
FrontPage Users monthly meeting, 6:30, @MSFT Waltham
NE Palm Users, "Best Palm Web Sites", 6:30, @MIT Bldg NW17-218
Boston SPIN, "How To Do Post Mortems", 6:30, General Dynamics, Needham

February 21, 2001
Boston Linux and Unix, "Web Design with PHP" , 7:00, @MIT Building 1-190
SwANH SEQ SIG, "Beyond MS Project", 6:30, St. Anselm's, Cushing Hall, Goffstown NH
SneNUG, "Win 2000 Resource Kit", 7:00, location TBD

February 22, 2001
AITP-SNE, $ "Managing Your Boss", 6:00, Radisson Airport Hotel, Providence RI
IEEE-Boston Comp Soc, "What is this .Net thing?", 6:30, @Wonderware, Needham
M100 Users Group, "Demystifying Desktop DVD", 6:30, location TBD
Exchange Server Users, topic TBA, 6:30, @MSFT Waltham

February 26, 2001
Delphi Developers Group Monthly Meeting "TBA" 7-9pm, Allaire Corporation, Newton, MA
Gr NH Linux Users, "Mission Critical Linux", 7:00, Martha's Exchange, Nashua NH
Windows Users, topic TBA, 7:00, @MSFT Waltham

February 27, 2001
MIMC Digital Forum, 6:30, Apple Market Ctr, 28 State St, Boston
Ind Computer Consultants Ass'n "High-Tech Law for the Consultant" 6pm, 200 Fifth Ave, Waltham $
MS Developers, "Building Web Apps w ASP .NET", 6:30, @UCI Corp, Woburn

February 28, 2001
MacWoburn "Burning Issues: how to burn CDs and MPs" 7pm, CompUSA, 335 Washington Street, Woburn

March 5, 2001
Windows Tech Forum, "SystemSoft Products", 6:30, @MSFT Waltham

March 6, 2001
NE Software Quality Assurance "Estimation and Metrics for Automated Testing Projects" 6:30, Lotus, Cambridge
AIP-495 Chapter  "Details to be announced"
Digital Comm Soc, "How the Crypto Rebels Won" $, Noon-2PM, Downtown Harvard Club of Boston

March 7, 2001
MIMC Cyberbrew, 6:30, The Big Easy, One Boylston Pl, Boston

March 8, 2001
NE SQL Server, "SQL 2000 Impl Tips, Tricks", 5:30, @MSFT Waltham

March 14, 2001
SW Quality Group, "Meaningful Metrics", 6:15, @Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG) "TBA" 7pm  Salisbury Labs 115, WPI
MS .Net User Group, "Enterprise Apps / Porting DNS Apps", 6-8:30 MSFT, Waltham

March 15, 2001
NE Java Users, "Real-Time Java", 6:00, @Sun Campus, Burlington
ASQ Boston "Management's Role in Achieving Predictable Software Development", Burlington Marriott

March 19, 2001
Delphi Developers Group Monthly Meeting "TBA" 7-9pm, Allaire Corporation, Newton, MA

March 21, 2001
Boston Linux and Unix, "Linux Soup IV", 7:00, @MIT Building 4-370
SneNUG "SMS 2.0 & its features" 7:00, location TBD

March 22, 2001
DataCAD Boston (DBUG), "Stephen Blatt Architects at the BSA", 6:00, 52 Broad St, Boston

March 27, 2001
SwANH SEQ SIG, "Web Load Test Tool Bakeoff", 6:30, @Conduciv Inc, Nashua NH
MIMC Digital Forum, 6:30, Apple Market Ctr, 28 State St, Boston
Independent Computer Consultants Ass'n "TBA" 6pm, 200 Fifth Ave, Waltham $
MS Developers, "Visual Basic .NET", 6:30, @UCI Corp, Woburn

April 3, 2001
NE Software Quality Assurance Forum "To Be Determined"
AIP-495 Chapter  "Details to be announced"
Digital Comm Soc, "Watermarking and Bluespike" $, Noon-2PM, Downtown Harvard Club of Boston

April 4, 2001
MIMC Cyberbrew, 6:30, The Big Easy, One Boylston Pl, Boston

April 11, 2001
SW Quality Group, "Johanna Rothman", 6:15, @Sun Microsystems, Burlington
.Net User Group of Greater Boston, "Overview of C#", 6-8:30 MSFT, Waltham

April 12, 2001
Computer Measurement Group quarterly meeting, details TBA

April 18, 2001
Boston Linux and Unix, "John Terpstra talks about Samba", 7:00, @MIT Building 4-370
SneNUG, "Novell Groupwise 6", 7:00, location TBD

April 19, 2001
NE Java Users, "Java Coding Styles and Standards", 6:00, @Sun Campus, Burlington
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG) "TBA" 7pm  Salisbury Labs 115, WPI

April 23, 2001
Delphi Developers Group Monthly Meeting "TBA" 7-9pm, Allaire Corporation, Newton, MA

April 24, 2001
MIMC Digital Forum, 6:30, Apple Market Ctr, 28 State St, Boston
Independent Computer Consultants Ass'n "TBA" 6pm, 200 Fifth Ave, Waltham $
MS Developers, "Move from VB to Visual Basic .NET", 6:30, @UCI Corp, Woburn
SwANH SEQ SIG, "RapidSQA: Web Testing", 6:30, Location TBA

May 1, 2001
NE Software Quality Assurance Forum "Testing at the Speed of the Internet"
AIP-495 Chapter  "Details to be announced"

May 2, 2001
MIMC Cyberbrew, 6:30, The Big Easy, One Boylston Pl, Boston

May 9, 2001
SW Quality Group, "Best Testing Practices", 6:15, @Sun Microsystems, Burlington

May 16, 2001
Boston Linux and Unix,"Brad Snow: wearable computing"
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG) "TBA" 7pm  Salisbury Labs 115, WPI
SneNUG, "Disk Fragmentation", 7:00, location TBD

May 17, 2001
NE Java Users, "JSP Coding Styles and Design Models", 6:00, @Sun Campus, Burlington

May 21, 2001
Delphi Developers Group Monthly Meeting "TBA" 7-9pm, Allaire Corporation, Newton, MA

May 22, 2001
Independent Computer Consultants Ass'n "TBA" 6pm, 200 Fifth Ave, Waltham $

May 29, 2001
MIMC Digital Forum, 6:30, Apple Market Ctr, 28 State St, Boston

June 5, 2001
NE Software Quality Assurance Forum "To Be Determined"
AIP-495 Chapter  "Details to be announced"

June 6, 2001
MIMC Cyberbrew, 6:30, The Big Easy, One Boylston Pl, Boston

June 18, 2001
Delphi Developers Group Monthly Meeting "TBA" 7-9pm, Allaire Corporation, Newton, MA

June 20, 2001
DataCAD Boston (DBUG), 6:00, 9 Vernon St, Framingham
SneNUG, "Microsoft Topic", 7:00, location TBD

June 21, 2001
NE Java Users, "JavaOne 2001 Review", 6:00, @Sun Campus, Burlington

June 26, 2001
MIMC Digital Forum, 6:30, Apple Market Ctr, 28 State St, Boston
Independent Computer Consultants Ass'n "TBA" 6pm, 200 Fifth Ave, Waltham $

July 11, 2001
SW Quality Group, "Hot Topics Night", 6:15, @Sun Microsystems, Burlington

July 18, 2001
DataCAD Boston (DBUG), "CADvantage at the BSA", 6:00, 52 Broad St, Boston
SneNUG, "Caldera and Linux", 7:00, location TBD


Selected Commercial Events:

February 13, 2001
Mass Technology Networking Job Fair, Copley Marriott, Boston

March 15, 2001
BOSCON 2001: Boston Quality Conference, The Marriott, Burlington MA

March 27-29, 2001
Enterprise Architectures Conference, Park Plaza Hotel, Boston

May 6-9, 2001
Intelligent Network 2001 Workshops, Marriott Copley Place Hotel

May 20-23, 2001
PharmaSUG 2001 SAS Users Conference, Park Plaza Hotel, Boston


Computer Education and Training:

February 12, 2001
Active Server Pages, DoubleTree Guest Suites, Waltham

February 14, 2001
Borland KYLIX Seminar Series, Marriott, Newton

February 20, 2001
Apple Integrated Business Productivity Seminar "Microsoft Office 2001 for Mac" 1:30pm - 4:30pm, Boston

February 23, 2001
Russ' Tool Shed, Introduction to VB/Visual Interdev, 1-4PM, @Microsoft, Waltham

February 26, 2001
Microsoft Access, @Optimum Technology, Waltham

March 2, 2001
Russ' Tool Shed, NET Framework and ASP.NET, 9AM-Noon, @Microsoft, Waltham
Russ' Tool Shed, .NET Integration and Application Center Server 2000, 1-4PM, @Microsoft, Waltham

March 3, 2001
Software Test Engineering, Natick

March 12, 2001
Software Project Management, Natick

March 16, 2001
ASQ Boston "S/W Development for Medical Device Manufacturers", Burlington Marriott

April 2, 2001
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Seminars, @Optimum Technology, Waltham

April 9, 2001
AppDev XML/XSLT Seminars, @Optimum Technology, Waltham

April 9-11, 2001
Strategies & Tools for Successful Data Warehouses, Sheraton Commander, Cambridge

April 12-13, 2001
Meta Data Implementation, Sheraton Commander, Cambridge


Ongoing:

MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science events open to the public

The IEEE Boston Section posts local courses at
http://www.ieee-boston.org/

Cambridge Center for Adult Education  Call (617) 547-6789
or check the courses available at http://www.ccae.org

WorldTRAIN Online Classes http://www.worldtrain.com/courses

UCI Training offers special events on a regular basis. These sessions are open to the public
and are usually free of charge.  Check http://www.ucitraining.com/events.asp

Westlake Internet Training Classes, Federal St, Boston. http://www.westlake.com/

Future Media Concepts provides training in all areas of digital media

Apple seminars   New England (free)  These sites may load very slowly.

Microsoft Technology Center Training  $$

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